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AUTOMATIC ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1909.

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AUTOMATIG ADJUSTABLE BOLDER FOR TELEPHGRE INSTBUMEFTS.

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J Q, J E R k' WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY HUI! 'which the switch hook is omitted in the tele- FRANK S. WEYRS, OF PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVAKIA.

AUTO'MATIG ADJUSTABLE HOLDER FOR TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application filed April 19, 1909. Serial No. 490f18.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that l. ltt.\.\'l S. ll'nrns, a l citizen of the lfnited States. residing; at l Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvzmia. have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Automatic Adjustable Holders for Telephone Instruments, of which the followinp is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in automatic adiustable holders for telephone instruments, and has for its object to enable the user of phones to not only free himself of an obnoxious way of clutching the receiver when telephone is used, more so saving considerable time and anxiety.

By the use of my automatic adjustable attachment a combination of ways to automatically actuate the switch in or oil use, means are provided for holding the receiver supporter in certain desired positions or to have the instrument locked.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing. forming a part of this specification. in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a telephone instrument showing my improvement applied thereto, portions being in section to more clearly illustrate. its construction. Fig. 2, a side view of a portion of the sustaining post partly broken away. Fig. 2, an elevation 01' the receiver supporting device. Fig. 3, a perspective view showing a slightly modified form of my improvement in which pivoted arms are utilized for supporting the telephone instrunu-nt and actuating automatically upon the switch h ok in unison with the telephone bracket. Fig. 4, a detail view of the sliding block andthe lower half of the yoke in which the receiver is. clamped. Fig. an elevation of a slightly modified form of the, construction shown in Fig-3 in phone instrument and the switch which was usually operated by said hook operated instead by a central pin and bell crank lever. Figs. (3, T, S and 9. detail views of the swivel joint between the supporting means and the cross rods up n which the transmitter is supported. Fig. 10, a section of a portion of the supporting means showing a friction spring located therein for holding such suit able. means in any adjustment within its socket. and Fig. 11. a plan view of the base plate. upon which the telephone instrument aml'attaclnnent thereto shown in Fig. is supported. and the mechanism carried by said plate.

In carrying out my invention as shown in Figs. i and .2. .t represents the base plate, upon which the base. B of the, telephone instrument is placed and secured by the hook clutches m. and projecting upward from this base plate is a sustaining post C. Upon the top of this sustaining post is a stud D. on which is pivoted the cylindrical block I, which latter hasa groove 1 formed therein of such s e as to actuate the shoeG up or down as the case might be. \Vhen the .telephone is not in use the shoe G rests atthe base of an incline to block E. To open communication. arm N Fig. 2 is caused by a slight pull to he brought for 'ard. when shoe G begins to move. up the lnclme to groove 1',

to a point on the extreme right for the use Reversed of both the right or left ear.

action is caused to be instituted by a slight pressure upon key. again closing communi- 'ation. ll is a bracket projecting; from the sustaining ba=e and this bracket has pivoted to its upper end the lever l. to which lever is pivoted the rod J, the latter being adjustahly setin the bar K and held in any adjustment therein by the set screw L. The bar K is fitted to slide in the bracket H and has attached thereto the shoe G so that, when the block E is revolved the bar K and rod J will be moved up or down imparting a corresponding movement to the lever I: this lever actuating upon the switch hook M it follows that the revolving of the grooved block will open or close the switch in the same manner as is usually the case when the ordinary receiver is taken off or put on the hook.

In Fig. 2, N is an arm projecting from the grooved block and to the outer end of this arm is: pivoted the tubular socket. O by the set. joint I which permits the adjustmentof the. socket at various angles to said arm. is a supporting tube. or rod which is adapted to slide in the sock t and has set therein a friction spring Q of sutlicient spring to hold the tube 0' in its various heights of adjustment within the socket, and this construction will permit of this tithe be ing raised or lowered or swung upon its axis. Fig. 2. as occasion ma retpiire. On the uter end of the tube 0' is supp rted the swivel joint consisting of the head R. cap R, the former having a cone shnptti lug R o er which tits :1 corresponding recess, formed in the cap 11. A suitable screw it passes through the cap and is threaded into the head so as to hold these two numbers in position relative to each other. 3 one or more rods which pass through the holes S formed in the cap and upon these rods the block '1 is fitted to slide. said block having swivcled (hereto the yoke T. upon the stud 1 This voke, is made in two sections in order that the ordinary telephone receiver ma}; be clamped tlwrein. or as shown in Fig. a watch case receiver may be sub tituted for the yoke. Within the su taining post is titted a spring actuated lot-king bolt ii the nose of which'is adapted to engage with the ratchet teeth. holes or projections l formed upon the bottom of the grooved block E. thus holding this block against reverse rota tion by the action of the spring Y. which letter is coiled around the stud l). one end being connected with the block E. while the other end is attached to the cap Y, which is held upon the stud by the set screw V The tension of this spring may be increased or decreased by the revolving of the cap V, after which the cap is again secured upon the stud h.- the set screw V From this it will be seen that when the arm N, Fig.

carrying the parts which supportthe re.

ceiver is swung forward in position to be used, the switch hook M will be permitted to swing upwai l by the action of the groove 1*, upon the shoe (l, as before described, and the. arm N, Fig. i will be hell in this position by the nose of the lock U engaging with the ratchet teeth. hole or projection ll. but after the telephone has been used and it desired to return the receiver to its normal position t is only necessary to t'lepress the lock U out of engagement with the ratchet teeth. hole or PIOJQCUODS, when the spring V will cause to swing the grooved block and the parts attached thereto hack to their normal )osition and this is accomplished av the key V being turned so that the tang thereof which bears upon a pin carried by the bolt will depress the bolt againstthe action of its spring.

In order that; the instrument may be locked so that itv cannot be used by unauthorized persons. I provide a forked lover a i that the tune of the kc will pars into the forked portion of said lever to throw the pin l/ into engagement with a corrcspmuliug hole in the bottom of the grooved block, thus locking said block so that the. arm X cannot be swung forvmrd, thus holding the switch hook down, but when the key is; turned in the opposite direction it will withdraw this pin and consequently permit tl-e swinging of the arm.

In Fig. 3 the socket has titted therein the iillppOl'llllg rod U, upon the upper end of which is s cured the head ll. which is the sameas that described in connection with Fig. 1. This socket is pivoted upon the upper end of the sustaining post C formed with the base plate A and the stud is pivoted or swiveled in the end of the bar A. A is a guide socketthrongh which the rod 1 passes, the upper end of this rod being bent and having a loop or e ve 2 formed thereon adapted to embrace the post of the tetrphone apparatus about the switch hock M, in order that when this rod is moved up or down it will actuate-said hook. it) a lever pivoted at ll to a telephone bracket arm. which for convenience sake we will number l. (l, S, S) and 14, and pivoted to 5 connected b a link 12, to the lower end of the rod 1, and this lever also attached to the arm (3 by the hook 1 3. Thus when the telephone instrument is drawn downward, as for use, the peculiar dili'erenttc in distance apart of the levers 5i and 13 will cause the lever i l t press the rod 1 upward thus. pen milling the upward movement of the. switch hook to close the circuit, while upon the reverse movement of the instrument the rod 1 will draw the switch hook downward. The actuating of arms 5 and 6 will reverse while link iicomes in action in pulling down rod 1. whereas-hook l3 permits a free, movement of rod 10. Should it be desired-to operate the switch hook independent of the movement of the instrtunent this may be accomplished by depressing the outer end of the lever 10, which is permitted by its loose connection with the arm 6 through the hook 13.

In Fig. 5 a slight modification of the construction just described is shown, in which the switch hook is omitted in the telephone instrument, and the long auhnber 15 of the ordinary switch is connected with a slide bar 16, the latter being actuated by the bel crank lever 17, which is opt-.1 and by the central pin 18, the lower end of which rests upon the lever 10. This arrangement will operate the switch member 15 when the instrtunent is moved up or down in the same manner as above described in connection with the construction shown in Fig. 3. The post in this construction has set therein a spring 19 which is so bent as to bring one or more of its angles in contartwith the inner surface of the socket (F.

liming thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful,

'1. In combination with a telephone instrument, a base plate to which the base of said telephone instrument is secured, a sustaining post projectio upward from the base plate, a grooved b oelt fitted to revolve upon said post, means dependent upon the revolving of said block for actuating the switch hook, an arm projecting from the block, a socket pivoted to the arm, a means adapted to slide through the socket, a swivel joint earr'ei by the upper end of the tube, one or more rods fitted in one of the ineui bers of said joint, a sliding bloc-k fitted upon the rods, and a yoke swiveled upon the last named block for supporting the telephone receiver, as specified.

2. In combination 'ith a telephone instrument, a base plate for supporting said instrument, a sustaining post projecting upward from the base plate, a grooved block pivoted 11 on said post, means connected withthe b och for so porting the telephone receiver, and means (it endent upon the rotation of the block tar aeting upon the switch hook to 0 en and close the hook switch, as specifie 3. In combination with a telephone instrument, a base plate for supporting said instrument, a sustaining post projecting upstrmnent. a supporting post projecting up; ward from the base plate, a block adapted to revolve upon said post, said block having a groove formed therein. a lever adapted to rod pi oted to said lever, a tube in which said rod is adjustablr secured, a shoe carried by the tube and traveling in the groove in the block. an incline, a spring for holding the block in its normal position. ratchet locking mechanism adapted to engage said teeth.and means supported bythe block for carrying the telephone receiver, asspecified. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto allixed my signutnroin the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V r

FRANK S. \VEYRQ. W tnesses:

Eow. W. AUSTIN, S.- M. GALLAGHER.

base plate for supporting a telephone in depress iT-e switch hook of the telephone, a

teeth formed upon the bottom of the block, 

